Plating is very important for lapel pins. The effect of the appearance of the lapel pins is to see what kind of plating you to chosen.

Plating refers to attaching a metal protective film on the surface of the metal material, which can prevent corrosion, prevent oxidation, make the appearance beautiful, and improve wear resistance, and so on.

We offer a variety of plating options, each with its own unique appearance. Whether your promotion requires a traditional and colorful appearance or a classic old-world look, you can choose the plating that best fits the occasion.

How To Choose Custom Lapel Pins Plating Options?

Which metal plating options are right for your custom pins? There is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on your pin design and preference.

If you are not sure which one goes best with your design, See the article below.

Here are 4 tips you should know when choosing to electroplate your custom pins.

Tips 1

How Many Kinds of Plating Can You Choose?

GS-JJ can provide many different plating options are Shiny Gold, Shiny Silver, Shiny Copper, Shiny Brass, Black Nickel,

Alternative finishing options are Antique Gold, Antique Silver, Antique Brass, Antique Copper, Two-Tone Finish, Rainbow Plated and Black Dye.

Shiny Platings

Our shiny platings are the most common option for lapel pins. The pins are electroplated with your choice of Gold, Silver, Copper, or Black Nickel, Then buffed to a mirror shine. We suggest that this plating can be used with Soft Enamel Pins, Hard Enamel Pins, Sandblast Pins, and pins without enamel.

Antique Platings

Our antique metal platings are perfect for those who want a less flashy look to their pins. The finish subdues the metal so it isn’t as shiny and gives it a patina. Antique pins are a great contemporary look with old-world charm that is sure to impress.

The back of our antique pins is black. We suggest that this plating can be used with Antique pins, 3D or Cutout Pins, Soft enamel pins.

Rainbow Plated

We are excited to tell you that we can provide the rainbow metal pins. Their incredible eye-catching and vivid appearance will make your pins stand out from the crowd. You can add any color you like, It is definitely one of the coolest choices.

This process is called ” anodizing “

The rainbow effect is achieved by anodizing. First, the metal pin is cast in a mold. Before any enamel is added, the pin is carefully cleaned and prepared for the anodizing process. A chemical solution is created and pins are dipped in it.

The ground wire is connected to each pin, and the charge passes through the wire through the metal. The chemical reaction with electricity produces an amazing rainbow effect on the metal.

This process only takes a few seconds to change the color of the metal. Even if the power is turned on for half a second, the color of the metal can be greatly changed. The final color of metals is determined by the time it takes for the charge to pass through them. Then clean the pins with a chemical solution and add enamel if necessary.

Tips 2

Dyed Metal Electroplating

This has been the biggest innovation and trend in the enamel pin movement recently. Enamel pin designers have been driving these changes within our industry and we couldn’t be happier.

Now you can get your base metal in white, red, green or blue.  This has been the most exciting change we’ve seen in 46 years in this industry and solves a LOT of design problems.

Most pins are too small for us to inlay color in the text. White or black dyed metal solves the problem. Make your text raised metal when designing and advise us of your color choice.

This is not suitable for orders with a tight timeline as it adds a couple of extra steps to the electroplating process.

Tips 3

What problems do you need to pay attention to

              when choosing Two-Tone Finish and Dye Black? 

The two-tone finish can choose two or more kinds of finish together on a lapel pin. It should be noted that the plating of a lapel pin can only be shiny plating, or it can only be antique plating. You have to remember once your product is dye black plated, no other plating can be done.

Dye black lapel pins can only be dyed black. So if you choose a two-tone finish, we will recommend the plating of your lapel pins according to your requirements.

Tips 4

What’s the Difference Between

                 Shiny Black Nickel Finish and Dye Black?

They both are black, but the plated black nickel is a kind of metallic bright black, bright and reflective, so it does not look particularly dark, and even looks like silvery when reflective. Dye black is to dye the whole product with black pigment, Because the pigment is dyed, the surface of the product is not particularly reflective and looks very dark. The disadvantage is that it is not as bright as a black nickel.       

If you choose the hard enamel pins, you cannot choose the antique finish type and dye black. In addition, for any other process, these plating are no different. Depending on what kind of metal color you like, you can choose what kind of plating.

Need Help With Your Metal Pins Plating Options?

If you don’t know how to choose the plating for your product, you can choose the LET GS-JJ to decide for me option on our homepage‘s unique custom system. We will choose the best plating for you based on your requirements.

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“I am not wicked”

Once upon a time, there was a mysterious witch who lived in a castle.  No one has dared to go into the castle. One day, the king issued an ordinance: He would entrust the beautiful princess to the person who can enter into the castle of witch bravely.

The news was spread all over the world. Many princes and soldiers took many weapons to attack the castle, but all of the weapons have dissolved in the witch’s fingertips quickly, then weapons were fell on the soldier’s head, finally, they were killed or burned, princes lose all and leave alone.

There was a young man sitting on a tall tree and watching the scene. After all the princes failed, the man jumped out of the tree and said, “I’ll try.” He threw away the only dagger, and walked to the castle unhurriedly, knocked softly and firmly, and asked, “May I come in?” The strong gate was opened gently.

In the dark castle, masked witch greeted the young boy and she said, “I am not wicked, welcome you!”. Witch took the young man around the castle that is a mysterious and beautiful place. She was a shy girl with short hair after taking off the mask. At the end of the story, they lived together happily.

Welcome you

Do you love this story? As you know, the witch is not wicked. Do you want to have a castle or a magic witch? Actually, both of them we can’t offer you, but we can offer you lapel pins with a castle or witch. “Welcome you!” as the witch said, if you have no idea for GS-JJ, features of GS-JJ will amaze you as follows.

*GS-JJ has been in the manufacturing of promotional gifts merchandise for over 20 years, we are one of the largest manufacturers in china, can sale products directly to you without middle merchant.

*GS-JJ offers Varies of lapel pins including Enamel Pins, Hard Enamel Pins, SandblastPins,3D or Cutout Pins, Antique Pins, and Offset Printed Pins with no minimum order.

* You can easy to select Lapel Pins you need online by Automated Quotation System. Our specialized designers do the first proof within 24 hours, and modify proof within 12 hours.

* Discount price according to different ways, such as quantities of your order, delivery time, we promise to give you the cheapest price.

* We have received excellent 5-star ratings from ASI and SAGE, as rated by our distributors. Whether you are VIP or new customers, your comments would make us progress continually.

* You can watch blogs according to month or contents. By viewing blogs, you will know all the details of our products or some events. If you are interested, but a comment on it, and we will send a reply as soon as possible.

Whether you need fine workmanship, high responding speed, or fast logistics, don’t hesitate to contact us. Making your satisfaction is our goal. Many of ways you can keep in touch with us:

Call 1-888-864-4755 toll-free

Email to info@gs-jj.com,

Click website https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins.

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Seven food festivals of American

• California pebble beach, pebble beach food and wine festival.

For foodies on the west coast, the pebble beach food and wine festival is the most important activities. During the four days 5^th, April -8^th, April of this activity, in the picturesque coast, 250 famous wineries and 75 famous wine tasters will join in to create the best food and drink for the visitors, exhibition, and exchange opportunities.

California pebble beach, pebble beach food and wine festival – Image source:allevents.in

• The garlic festival in Gilroy- Gilroy, California.

Gilroy’s garlic festival began in 1979, is the largest food festival in the United States. It is held on the last weekend of July at the Christmas hill park in Gilroy, California. The Gilroy garlic festival is a fundraiser for local charities that has raised $7.5 million for various charities. Come to Gilroy’s garlic festival, and if you don’t have a good taste in the food lane, your journey will be imperfect. Because there are stuffed mushrooms, green pepper steak sandwiches, Italian garlic noodles, Fried squid, Norwegian jellyfish, pepperoni sandwiches, garlic bread, and garlic fries, and so on. Chefs from the culinary alleyways will be sharing their cooking skills with each visitor on the presentation stage of the cooking seminar.

• Helen, Georgia, Oktoberfest, Germany.

The Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, is the biggest celebration of the city, incorporating Germany’s music, dancing, polka, and chicken, as well as food and drink. On the second Thursday of September, Oktoberfest is held in the city of Helen, Georgia, and is also known as the “high mountain Helen”. Tourists have plenty of time to here and enjoy the blue ridge mountains of autumn leaves fall, and other local scenic spots because of the activity will continue until the first Sunday in November.

• The Crawfish Festivals in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

The world-famous crawfish festival began with the centenary of the 1960s. In 1959, Louisiana’s legislature officially named the crawfish festival, known as the little crawfish festival. Now, the little lobster festival is an international food festival.

• Louisiana Ponchatoula Louisiana strawberry festival.

Each year in April, the small town of Ponchatoula hosts the largest free event in the United States, the Louisiana strawberry festival, for their favorite strawberries. Food stalls at the festival are filled with a variety of small edible strawberries made from the local fresh strawberry shortcake. Another must-try: Fried strawberries-dip the strawberries in the batter, fry them in sugar, and fry the strawberries.

• Louisiana Morgan city shrimp & oil festival.

Shrimp & oil festival is held to hail to the hard work of the local people, they spend their waking hours in the rain and the sun, even sometimes worked tirelessly in the hurricane, for half a century, is the economic lifeline, also sustain the whole area. The shrimp & oil festival promotes the unique industrial development of the “Kato coast” region. At this place, two seemingly disparate industries work closely together in both culture and environment. The shrimp & oil festival is the earliest approved harvest festival in the United States. It was awarded the title of the 2001 annual festival and the most open market in the third district.

• World barbecue championships in Memphis, Tennessee.

The world barbecue cooking championship, also known as the “gourmet super bowl”, is an internationally renowned culinary competition, held every May in Tom Lee Park. Thousands of contestants will hone their knives, compete in the field, and sprint for cash prizes, hope to gain recognition in the industry.

Are you hungry after known the seven food festivals? Here’s a set of specialties food pictures to solve your cravings.

Thanksgiving Day is an ancient holiday created by the American people. It is also a time for Americans to celebrate together. There was no fixed date for the first Thanksgiving, which was decided by the American states. In 1863, when the United States became independent, President Lincoln proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving. In 1941, congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as “Thanksgiving Day”. The Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

Whether you want to join in the food festival or have a party on Thanksgiving day. Don’t forget to order our food pins.

Link here: https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins. Varies of custom lapel pins including Enamel pins, hard enamel pins, Sandblast pins,3D or Cutout Pins, Antique Pins, and Offset Printed Pins offer you to choose, Wear our food pins appear at the food festival to enrich your look and leave a deep impression for everyone. The food pins also a perfect gift give to your best friend and honey families at the beginning of any important food festival. Any request or need, you also can call 1-888-864-4755 toll-free.

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The origin of lapel pins has a long history and is even older than the country.  No one is entirely sure where the first lapel pins came from or why it was made, but we do know about the development of the artistic process. It is said that it first originated from the totem symbol of the primitive clan tribe.

A lapel pin, a story; a lapel pins, a history

Lapel pins were used on coins:

The lapel pins evolved from totems are ubiquitous throughout the world. For example, the earliest countries in the world, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, used vulture and cobra as totems. Among the remains of these two civilizations, You can also find many artifacts and drawings with these two logos. It’s true that the Egyptians didn’t actually make lapel pins, However, the Egyptians did begin the process of inlay and enameling that gives the lapel pin its unique look.

The famous commercial people of the ancient Mediterranean – Phoenicians’ totems are cows, and the Cow pattern appears not only in the Phoenician’s artifacts and drawings, but also in the coins they cast. The habit of using the lapel pins of a founder on a coin was created and it’s been passed on to the present. Use representative animal, duty, a symbol to mark country，Such as “Maple Leaf” on Canadian coins, “Chrysanthemum” on Japanese coins, etc.

The first “national emblem” in Chinese history is the “Dragon ” logo of the Qing Dynasty. It is both a symbol of the emblem of the Qing royal family and a national symbol of the Qing Dynasty.

What is more special is the European Union Coin. Since the Euro represents Europe as a whole, it also represents different countries. So from the point of view of the lapel pins, the Euro is an authentic “two-faced faction”: The front of the coin with a uniform EU badge design, the back of the coin with each country’s own design lapel pins and logos.

The army started using custom lapel pins:

In the West, it is generally believed that this kind of lapel pins used to Identification was used explicitly from the Legion of the Roman era. At that time, the Roman Empire established a large-scale army that was completely supplied by the state.  In order for them to recognize the enemy and allies on the battlefield, each legion has its own badge. Into the Middle Ages, aristocrats and knights of various levels designed complex badges for their own identity on their own shields. The composition of such badges generally has a specific program, including the symbol, the owner of the badge of special glory and history, mascots, auspicious colors, and maxims. There are also some old city and school badges, and the structure is very complicated. For example, at the historic Oxford University, the school badge is not only designed in a British style, but also has a deep meaning.

Lapel pins have become a national culture:

In modern times, the lapel pins first became the national symbol, Such as：Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom; Seal of the President of the United States; After the army became nationalized, it soon became a symbol of the army. In some countries in Europe and America, different army has different Military Pins. Such as US Air Force Lapel Pins, US Army Lapel Pins, US Marine Corps Lapel Pins, US Navy Lapel Pins, British Army Infantry Regimental Pins, and more….

Lapel pin manufacturing processes today

The Enamel pins have exploded into the fashion and the commercialization of lapel pins has also become very common. Our well-known ribbon lapel pins are a good example.

Using a combination of traditional and modern techniques, These tiny metal pins are highly customizable and can feature any design. These include:

• Hard enamel pins
• soft enamel pins
• offset-printed pins
• Sandblast Pins
• 3D or Cutout Pins
• Antique Pins

We’ve mastered a variety of these techniques so that we can make lapel pins that meet the highest aesthetic demands.

To order your own lapel pins, Contact GS-JJ with your request for a no-obligation, by emailing Info@GS-JJ.com, or by calling 1-888-864-4755 toll-free. And you can also see our Custom pins system to get your quote.

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